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  • June 2008

    • Firefox 3 Rocks

      Wired  |  Jun 17, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      Firefox 3 Rocks

      (Newser) - Download Firefox 3, out today. That’s what Michael Calore suggests on Webmonkey. The new version of the open-source browser lets users set application-specific links on Web pages—such as “mailto” links—to launch webapps instead of other applications—say, Gmail instead of Outlook. It also supports using webapps offline, allowing users to synch them up when they’re back on line. Read on to see Calore's reasons for saying the browser's among 2008’s “most kick-ass software releases.” More »

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      software  • Firefox  • open source  • Internet browsers

    • Microsoft Warns Windows Users of Safari Threat

      ComputerWorld  |  Jun 1, 08 7:37 AM CDT

      Microsoft Warns Windows Users of Safari Threat

      (Newser) - Windows and Safari mix like virus-vulnerable oil and water, Microsoft warns, and Windows users should stop surfing with Apple’s web browser until the security holes have been patched. The “blended threat” combines a bug in Safari that downloads files to the desktop automatically and a vulnerability in how Windows XP and Windows Vista handle executable files there. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • computer  • computer security  • Microsoft Windows  • web browser  • computer virus  • Safari  • Internet browsers

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • Standardization Stifling Change: Web Designers

      Wired  |  Dec 20, 07 11:56 PM CST

      Standardization Stifling Change: Web Designers

      (Newser) - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been the Web's governing body since the "Wild West" days of the mid-90s. It helped end the Netscape/Explorer "browser wars", but  Web designers today are worried that the body's standards management process has slowed the pace of change down to dial-up speed, Wired reports. More »

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      Internet  • technology  • website  • regulation  • World Wide Web  • Internet browsers  • web standards

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